Table 1_4_3_2

2011 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports

The National Healthcare Quality Report (NHQR) is a comprehensive national overview of quality of health care in the United States. It is organized around four dimensions of quality of care: effectiveness, patient safety, timeliness, and patient centeredness.

Table 1_4_3.2Lung cancer deaths per 100,000 population per year,a 2000-2003

2003

2002

2001

2000

Population group

Number

Rate

SE

Number

Rate

SE

Number

Rate

SE

Number

Rate

SE

Total

158,084

54.1

0.1

157,713

54.9

0.1

156,054

55.3

0.1

155,516

56.1

0.1

Age, not age adjusted

0-17

DSU

DSU

DSU

DSU

DSU

DSU

DSU

DSU

DSU

DSU

DSU

DSU

18-44

2,654

2.3

0.0

2,883

2.5

0.0

2,970

2.6

0.0

2,974

2.7

0.0

45-64

43,330

63.1

0.3

42,834

64.2

0.3

41,818

64.8

0.3

41,636

67.2

0.3

65 and over

112,093

312.1

0.9

111,990

314.6

0.9

111,256

315.3

0.9

110,900

316.9

1.0

Race

AI/AN

556

31.3

1.4

556

33.1

1.5

547

34.2

1.5

480

32.3

1.5

API

2,415

26.9

0.6

2,180

25.6

0.6

2,218

28.2

0.6

2,062

28.1

0.6

Black

16,372

60.8

0.5

16,316

61.9

0.5

16,017

62.5

0.5

16,065

64.0

0.5

White

138,741

54.5

0.1

138,661

55.3

0.1

137,272

55.6

0.1

136,909

56.2

0.2

Ethnicity

Hispanic, all races

4,136

23.2

0.4

4,038

23.7

0.4

3,816

23.8

0.4

3,643

24.8

0.4

Non-Hispanic, all races

153,614

56.2

0.1

153,292

56.9

0.1

151,878

57.2

0.1

151,478

57.9

0.1

Non-Hispanic, Black

16,252

62.0

0.5

16,170

62.9

0.5

15,881

63.4

0.5

15,923

64.9

0.5

Non-Hispanic, White

134,435

56.7

0.2

134,435

57.5

0.2

133,264

57.7

0.2

133,058

58.2

0.2

Gender

Female

68,122

41.3

0.2

67,542

41.6

0.2

65,632

41.0

0.2

65,052

41.3

0.2

Male

89,962

71.7

0.2

90,171

73.2

0.2

90,422

75.2

0.3

90,464

76.7

0.3

a. Estimates are age adjusted to 2000 U.S. standard population. Age data are unadjusted. Respondents for which age is not reported are not included in the age adjustment calculations and are excluded from numerators.

DSU - Data do not meet the criteria for statistical reliability, data quality, or confidentiality.